Selling motorhome on eBay - Fixed Price or Classified Ad?

[maz]

My van will be going on the market in August and I'd like some advice, please, on selling through eBay.

Apart from the differences in fees (Fixed Price has insertion fee of £8.70 plus final value fee of £30.43, Classified Ad just insertion fee of £13.03), are there any other pros and cons with the above two methods of selling?

If you have sold a motorhome on eBay, which method did you choose?

 

[Minxy]

Not sure where you've got the prices from but they are:

Classified: £14.99 (plus any extras you want)

Auction/Fixed Price: £10.00 plus 1% of the final transaction (min. £20, max. £35).

We only sell vehicles by classified ad now so unless you are happy to risk paying over £40 for the privilege go for classified.

 

[SandJ]

Classified twice

 

[Lenny HB]

Classified, cheaper and easier.

 

[Frazzle]

Fees for selling vehicles
Classified ad Auction-style Fixed price
Insertion fees £13.03 £8.70 £8.70
Optional listing upgrades Gallery plus £2.60 Free Free
Subtitle £0.43 £0.43 £0.43
Listing designer Free Free Free
Scheduler Free Free Free
Buy it now N/A £2.60 N/A
Reserve price N/A £6.95 N/A
Applies to auction or fixed price Final value fees N/A 0.9% of final selling price (min. £17.39 max. £30.43)

 

[jezport]

sold my last van by ebay classified

 

[Robert Clark]

Classified - because it runs for 30 days

Fixed price is similar cost but only runs for 10 days

 

[Minxy]

Fees for selling vehicles
Classified ad Auction-style Fixed price
Insertion fees £13.03 £8.70 £8.70
Optional listing upgrades Gallery plus £2.60 Free Free
Subtitle £0.43 £0.43 £0.43
Listing designer Free Free Free
Scheduler Free Free Free
Buy it now N/A £2.60 N/A
Reserve price N/A £6.95 N/A
Applies to auction or fixed price Final value fees N/A 0.9% of final selling price (min. £17.39 max. £30.43)

Ah, that's for a business seller!



If I look at fees for a private seller I get the below:

http://sellercentre.ebay.co.uk/private/what-fees-youll-pay#motors

eBay Motors Fees
Fees for selling cars and motorcycles are calculated differently.

Classified Ad Auction-style Fixed price
Insertion fees £14.99 £10 £10
Optional listing upgrades Gallery plus £2.99 Free Free
Subtitle 50p 50p 50p
Listing designer Free Free Free
Scheduler Free 5p 5p
Buy it now N/A £2.99 N/A
Reserve price N/A £7.99 N/A
Final value fees 1% of the final transaction (min. £20, max. £35).

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[klaatu]

The earlier quoted fees are for businesses.

 

[Frazzle]

Sorry cocked up with fees.

 

[maz]

Fees for selling vehicles
Classified ad Auction-style Fixed price
Insertion fees £13.03 £8.70 £8.70
Optional listing upgrades Gallery plus £2.60 Free Free
Subtitle £0.43 £0.43 £0.43
Listing designer Free Free Free
Scheduler Free Free Free
Buy it now N/A £2.60 N/A
Reserve price N/A £6.95 N/A
Applies to auction or fixed price Final value fees N/A 0.9% of final selling price (min. £17.39 max. £30.43)

Yes, those are the figures I found - but from later posts it seems I was in the business section not the private sellers section.

 

[maz]

Thank you everyone for your replies. Classified ad it will be then.

 

[celticmini]

Classified worked for me, loads of interest, sold in less than a week, and cheap!

 

[Boringfrog]

Classified as it stops idiots "buying it now".

 

[mitzimad]

i would put it on here free first

 

[maz]

i would put it on here free first

It will be on here as well.

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[Ambilkate]

We sold our Sundance through preloved .we paid the top membership so we could post as many pics as we liked think it was £25 it maybe worth looking at .

 

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

We advertised our Autotrail and then our caravan on Preloved, Ebay and Autotrader. By far the most enquiries came through Autotrader, as well as the eventual sales......within 5 days. Don't over-inflate your price (remember dealer prices include VAT and usually carry a warranty), be honest, attach lots of good clear photos (the right way up!) of both the inside and exterior and tell them everything you can about the vehicle.

 

[maz]

We advertised our Autotrail and then our caravan on Preloved, Ebay and Autotrader. By far the most enquiries came through Autotrader, as well as the eventual sales......within 5 days. Don't over-inflate your price (remember dealer prices include VAT and usually carry a warranty), be honest, attach lots of good clear photos (the right way up!) of both the inside and exterior and tell them everything you can about the vehicle.

I thought about Autotrader but nearly £46 for a standard 3 week advert seems a bit high.

I've got a good idea of prices already from eBay and Autotrader and will be pitching mine a good bit lower, bearing in mind it's been a fulltiming van but has a lot of extras fitted - and it's an automatic. My advert will be very honest!

 

[Gizmouk]

There are a few motorhome related Facebook Groups where folk advertise their motorhomes for sale. Seems a very popular means of advertising / buying, as - you're dealing with like minded people, and it's free to advertise.

 

[MR. FUSION]

Thats the easy bit....the difficult bit is making sure the money you get is real/not laundered/not virtual

 

[The Wino]

We advertised our Autotrail and then our caravan on Preloved, Ebay and Autotrader. By far the most enquiries came through Autotrader, as well as the eventual sales......within 5 days. Don't over-inflate your price (remember dealer prices include VAT and usually carry a warranty), be honest, attach lots of good clear photos (the right way up!) of both the inside and exterior and tell them everything you can about the vehicle.

VAT doesn't come into it on used especially since no-one can reclaim it unless VAT registered ( and the traders only pay it on their profit ). Its a common reason deaklers give for low trade in values especially on nearly new motorhomes but a con.

 

[maz]

Thats the easy bit....the difficult bit is making sure the money you get is real/not laundered/not virtual

I'm thinking of accepting payment by bank transfer only.

 

[MR. FUSION]

I'm thinking of accepting payment by bank transfer only.

When I was selling my Elddis a guy told me he must buy it on a Saturday for cash!! The good advice here was any cash deal should take place at your bank with the proceeds being paid directly in at the time for the bank to check for funny money and confirm its in your account. Some Bank transfers (or cheques) I seem to remember can be recalled (as used by scammers) so worth confirming with the bank everything is OK before parting with the van!

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[maz]

When I was selling my Elddis a guy told me he must buy it on a Saturday for cash!! The good advice here was any cash deal should take place at your bank with the proceeds being paid directly in at the time for the bank to check for funny money and confirm its in your account. Some Bank transfers (or cheques) I seem to remember can be recalled (as used by scammers) so worth confirming with the bank everything is OK before parting with the van!

That's good advice. Thank you.

 

[WhiteCheyenneMan]

VAT doesn't come into it on used especially since no-one can reclaim it unless VAT registered ( and the traders only pay it on their profit ). Its a common reason deaklers give for low trade in values especially on nearly new motorhomes but a con.

So there is VAT, on the profit. Low trade in price paid, full price for sale, maybe £5,000 profit = £1,000 of VAT.

 

[Charlie123]

So there is VAT, on the profit. Low trade in price paid, full price for sale, maybe £5,000 profit = £1,000 of VAT.

Exactly that. 5K profit would mean 20% of it = 1K going to the treasury .

There is VAT rolled into the purchase price of a brand new van bit contrary to popular belief this is not automatically lost. There would be some depreciation but never 20% as you roll down the road.

So the treasury takes its big bite at the point of new sale then again each time the van goes through a VAT registered seller.

I do not subscribe to a private sale should be cheaper because of the above.

It's market forces and popularity that dictates a sale price not who sells it.

Many private sellers sell better quality as they are selling thier pride and loy not chopping it into a dealer.

 

[Infinity31]

I'm thinking of accepting payment by bank transfer only.

Yep, electronic transfer is best but can take time and may be subject to limits. Same day guaranteed "Chaps" is chargeable.

In one dealers T&C, "We do not accept bankers or building society drafts as they can't be verified"

 

[The Wino]

So there is VAT, on the profit. Low trade in price paid, full price for sale, maybe £5,000 profit = £1,000 of VAT.

Thats what I just said see above what the dealers say is that m/h are worth 20% less straight away due to the vat thats rubbish!!

 

[Charlie123]

The only guaranteed form of payment is transfer into your bank. Drafts and building society cheques have been forged and cash is risky unless it's deposited at the bank and checked by them. No one wants heaps of cash anymore .... Some banks try to charge you to pay it in !!!